Usam Nîmes: David Degouy, Wesley Pardin, Parnasse was well guarded

Wesley Pardin prend de la place dans la cage usamiste. Midi Libre – ALEXIS BETHUNE

Starligue/3e journée. Retour sur le probant succès de l’Usam Nîmes contre Créteil (30-21), vendredi 20 septembre, avec le nouveau gardien Wesley Pardin et le nouvel entraîneur David Degouy, lui-même ancien portier…

He must have enjoyed the show from up there. Hervé-Georges Bascou passed away last Monday after a long illness. He was 62 years old. The lawyer was vice-president of the Usam Association (amateur section) and a relative of David Tebib, with whom he often followed the Green team's away matches on TV, as a true enthusiast.

The evening began with a minute of applause in his honor. It ended in the same way, with warm applause for the Usamists after their convincing victory against Créteil (30-21), Friday evening.

Trap brilliantly avoided

It was the Greens' first home game. Everyone loved it, and no one trembled: Rebichon's teammates led from start to finish (3-0, then always with at least a 4-goal lead). However, the match had all the makings of a trap, against a Créteil that many are announcing as the (good) surprise of the championship, which had just beaten Chambéry (33-29) and resisted Aix (25-26).

Trap brilliantly avoided, therefore: “We had worked a lot tactically together, and with my defensive and offensive leaders. We had a very, very good week of training, and it's the result of everyone's work, players and staff included, congratulates coach David Degouy.What I like is the potential of this team. We score 30 goals, we only concede 21, it's a very good performance, defense and goalkeeper. Wesley (Pardin) held the match, he answered present alone at 6 meters but it is also because at the beginning, he was put in confidence by his partners".

Wesley Pardin : "I have a bad temper, but my teammates try to understand me and put me at ease"

Parnasse was well guarded, yes. The 34-year-old international goalkeeper (12 saves the day before yesterday) takes up space, in front of the goal and in the group. “I have a bad temper, I am very demanding, but my teammates try to understand me and put me at ease. We will go a long way together and I hope that we will succeed in achieving the objectives”, smiles the Martinican.

Thirteen different Nîmes scorers for the biggest success at Parnasse since May 2022

It's off to a good start, in any case. We saw a lot of balls recovered in defense, a lot of balls that ended up on the wing and a lot of different Gard scorers. Thirteen out of 14 outfield players! Only Costa Da Silva, not having success, failed to score. “It was important that everyone stepped onto the Parnasse floor and showed their desire”, says Degouy, happy to be able to “invest in something positive”. And on the biggest USAMist victory in the championship at home for almost two and a half years. A 34-23 on May 8, 2022 against Dunkirk. Where Usam will try to confirm, next Friday, at Franck Maurice's. Sure that from up there, Hervé-Georges will follow this with attention.

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